Publications

Over the past 20 years, the Bearskin Airlines Hope Classic, powered by a group of dedicated volunteers, sponsors and participants, has raised $2,695,000 for breast cancer services in the Northwest region. For Sue Childs, the 20th Bearskin Airlines Hope Classic reminds her of the great memories she made being a part of and chairing this fundraising curling bonspiel. It also revives the legacy of her late best friend, Linda Buchan, and strengthens her gratefulness to our community.

Patient-centred research at Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute (TBRRI) aims to improve the quality of healthcare here at home, and across the globe. International collaborations are an integral part of that mission. TBRRI’s Dr. Mitchell Albert and his lab team have an ongoing collaboration with Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic. The collaborative work is part of a large European consortium for Alzheimer’s and Xenon functional imaging of the brain to monitor the longitudinal status of Alzheimer’s.

World Antibiotics Awareness Week aims to increase awareness of global antibiotic resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance. Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) celebrated the week from November 16th to the 22nd.

We asked a few members of the NP team at TBRHSC to share thoughts about their role and experience. This week, we’re featuring Carole Cameron, a Nurse Practitioner with the Regional Bariatric Care Centre.

Mental illness is everywhere, impacting people of all walks of life. Kyle Langlois, a mental health nurse at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) knows this well. You may have heard about his recent experience while attending a mental health conference in Niagara Falls. Langois came across a young man attempting suicide, and applied his skills to develop a rapport with the distressed man.

Kidney cancer is not as common as breast or prostate cancer. We don’t often hear about it in the media, or think about it when we consider our health risks. However, it’s estimated that in 2015, 6,200 Canadians will be diagnosed with kidney cancer and 1,800 will die from it – a surprisingly large number to read for the first time.

There was a new addition to this year’s Take Your Kids to World Day tour at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC). It proved to be a fan favourite of the nearly 65 students who came to find out what a career in healthcare is all about.

The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) is led by a dedicated group of volunteer community representatives. These devoted individuals have a significant and positive impact on the level of healthcare in our community. Georjann Morriseau is one of them.

For Pat and Lynne Sevean, kidney cancer was not a health concern. That changed when both of them were diagnosed with it in 2014. Neither of them knew much about kidney cancer, but they quickly became experts, and eventually, motivated advocates.

A shared mental health care service initiated at the Fort William Clinic in 2001 by Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in partnership with St. Joseph’s Care Group has been cited in a prestigious American publication as a best practice for showing dramatic results in reducing wait times for mental health services during its first three years of operation.